Re: Registering a media type for Debian binary packages ?
Hi Guillem and everybody,
I agree with your suggestions.
If there are no further comments I will submit the media type after
correcting the points below.
Have a nice day,
-- Charles
Le Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 03:22:38AM +0100, Guillem Jover a écrit :
>
> This still seems confusing, “Debian format archive” could also be
> understood as referring to .debs, maybe something like “Debian format
> repositories”?
>
> Ian's suggestion clarifies, but it's not entirely accurate because the
> repositories can be served with protocols other than http/ftp.
>
> > authenticated with a trusted cryptographic key (see the manual page of
> > apt-secure for details). As a lesser alternative for cases where APT tools are
> > not available, the package should be downloaded with secured protocols such as
> > HTTPS. There also exists a mechanism for signing packages directly (called
> > ‘debsigs’), but it is not deployed.
>
> This still talks about APT as if it was the only frontend available,
> what about “… cases where secure package manager frontends (such as APT,
> cupt, etc.) are not available, …”?
>
> > However, creating a Debian binary package requires the Debian tools.
>
> I don't agree with this wording. Using dpkg-deb to create Debian binary
> packages should be recommended very strongly, but it should not be
> considered a requirement.
>
> > File extension(s):
> > deb
>
> Maybe udeb should also be mentioned here?
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